Southampton – Chelsea. Prediction and announcement for the match of the championship of England

On December 4, Saint Mary’s will host a match of the 14th round of the English Premier League, in which “Southampton” will meet “Chelsea”. The match will start at 21:30 Kyiv time.

Southampton

The team is clearly becoming an elevator pitch between divisions. Obviously, this is not what Dragan Solak was expecting when he bought the project and invested a lot of money in it. Already after the appearance of the Serbian investor, in 2023, the Saints lost their place in the Premier League – at a time when they were predicted to fight for European Cups. Under new manager Russell Martin, they managed to complete the task last season, returning from the Championship – but only through the play-offs. And in this draw, despite a seemingly serious improvement, the club only wins in the League Cup. At the same time, in the Premier League, almost all matches are lost – with rare exceptions, in the form of 1:1 with Ipswich and 1:0 with Everton. There was also a draw with Brighton in the last round, but this pace of scoring points only leads to an early exit.

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Chelsea

In the summer, the club once again changed the coach in the summer, at the same time updating the team. Enzo Maresca remembers perfectly how his successor, Pochettino, was fired after a whole year of the Argentinian’s work in London, finding the results unsatisfactory – 6th place in the Premier League and defeat in the cup final. The Italian and his wards were relegated from the League Cup, but there, as well as in the Conference League, the blues provide playing practice to the reserves. Osna plays in the Premier League, and she is doing better. However, there are mostly no surprises: after losing to City and Liverpool, they won against those who are weaker, with some misfires. So Aston Villa, which is clearly not in shape at the moment, managed to defeat quite easily at the weekend – the final score was 3:0.

Statistics of personal meetings

In the 2022/2023 season, the Saints won both matches against the London giants – but were still relegated.

Forecast

Bookmakers do not believe that the hosts will take points in this round. They may have added, but the guests are at the peak of form – they will win here with a handicap of -1.5 goals (coefficient – 1.88).